Abstract: The Senate Rules Committee created the Senate Banking and Commerce Committee by passage of Senate Resolution 8 on January
8, 1981 to consider "bills relating to financial institutions and commerce." The Senate Banking, Commerce and International
Trade Committee Records consist of 21 cubic feet of textual records and audiotapes. The records cover the years 1981-2004
and are comprised of bill files, hearing files, subject files, correspondence, and Department of Corporations hearing files.

Physical location: California State Archives

Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English

Administrative Information

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact the California State Archives. Permission for reproduction or publication
is given on behalf of the California State Archives as the owner of the physical items. The researcher assumes all responsibility
for possible infringement which may arise from reproduction or publication of materials from the California State Archives
collections.

The California State Archives acquired the Senate Environmental Quality Committee records according to state law.

Committee History

The Senate Rules Committee created the Senate Banking and Commerce Committee by passage of Senate Resolution 8 on January
8, 1981. Initially, the eleven members of the committee considered "bills relating to financial institutions and commerce."
On February 11, 1991, with passage of Senate Resolution 11, the committee added "International Trade" both to its name and
its oversight. On January 13, 1995, with the adoption of Senate Resolution 10, the committee was reduced to nine members
while its scope was increased to include "retail credit interest rates and corporations," necessitating the committee to change
its name to Senate Finance, Investment and International Trade. On March 14, 2002, with the passage of Senate Resolution
27, the committee changed its name back to Banking, Commerce and International Trade, though their scope remained the same
as before. The researcher should note that because this last name change did not occur until late in the legislative session,
many resources for 2001-2002 still refer to the committee as Finance, Investment, and International Trade.

The Senate Banking, Commerce and International Trade Committee Records consist of 21 cubic feet of textual records and audiotapes.
The records cover the years 1981-2004 and are comprised of bill files, hearing files, subject files, correspondence, and Department
of Corporations hearing files. It is anticipated that the Archives will receive further records from the Senate Banking,
Finance and Insurance Committee as it remains a functional standing committee in the California State Senate. Researchers
should inquire of the reference archivist about recently received, unprocessed records of the committee.

The majority of records consist of bill files that cover the years 1989-2002. Committee hearing files span from 1981-2004
and comprise approximately two cubic feet of the collection. Furthermore, there are subject files from the years 1977-2003
that contain Legislative Counsel and Attorney General Opinions.

Most frequently bills referred to the Senate Banking and Commerce Committee pertain to the regulation of banking institutions,
and savings and loan associations. Many files deal with establishing overseas trade offices and the goal of promoting international
relations through an open exchange of ideas as well as goods. The above subjects tended to create a modest response, primarily
from the industries involved. Numerous files also concern consumer protection issues such as the sale of securities, predatory
lending practices, bank and credit card fee disclosure, real estate brokerage, and financial privacy.

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.

California. Legislature. Senate. Committee on Banking, Commerce, and International Trade

Consumer protection

International trade

Securities fraud

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Note to Researchers

Researchers interested in this committee are advised to check the papers of its Chairpersons. Committee Chairs often kept
materials relating to committee operations among their personal files. For Chairs' papers available at the California State
Archives or other repositories, see information above.

Oral Histories of Committee Chairs and Staff

Kenneth L. Maddy, Oral History Interview, conducted 1999 by Donald B. Seney, Center for California Studies, California State
University, Sacramento for the California State Government Oral History Project.